Abstract: This technical note presents the behavior of dam and sieved concretes in uniaxial tension and compression together with the effects of curing age on large size specimens of

Abstract: During the past few decades, soil nailing has been widely used for stabilizing slopes and excavations. The nail-soil interface shear resistance in the passive zone of a slope or excavation is a critical parameter in design. ...

Abstract: Unsaturated transport of water and chloride into concrete was investigated using capillary absorption tests and molecular dynamics (MD) modeling. Results showed that a linear relation between capillary absorption rate and ...